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To get you geared up for the holidays, here’s a winning recipe from Hosea, Season 5 winner, from the just-released Top Chef: The Quickfire Cookbook. Hosea says, “I have tried to take everything the judges have said to me during this competition as constructive feedback. You never stop learning. I have learned so much because of this experience… It was hands down the hardest thing I’ve done as a chef. I don’t wish that kind of stress on anyone!”

Post a comment about your favorite Quickfire Challenge from seasons past or Season 6 that’s airing now, and enter to win a copy of the book.

Hosea’s Paella
Season 5, Episode 6
Quickfire Challenge: Create a one-pot holiday meal.
Serves 4

2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, (about 1 pound) cut into medium dice
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
2 Spanish chorizo sausages, sliced into rings
1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
1 yellow onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
1 1/2 cups parboiled or Spanish short-grain rice
3 cups chicken stock, plus extra if needed
12 extra-large shrimp (16–20 count), peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano
1 teaspoon minced fresh chives
3 teaspoons scallions, thinly sliced

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This cute photo was taken by some of the youth librarians at the Jennings County Public Library in North Vernon, IN. They’re huge fans of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink!

If you have any pictures of yourself, your children, or anyone reading Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Little Books, send them to us and you might be chosen to appear on our blog! Email kids@chroniclebooks.com.

Pete Bohan
Marketing Manager

The name Neil Zlozower is probably familiar to you if you’re a fan of hair metal, Chronicle Books, or both. The prolific photog is now on his fourth book for Chronicle, titled Mötley Crüe: A Visual History: 1983-2005. As you might expect from Six-String Heroes, Van Halen: A Visual History: 1978-1984, and Fück Yöu, the book contains acres of teased, dyed hair, hillocks of rouge, and just a little booze. Zloz recently stopped by St. Louis’ KMOX radio station to talk with John Carney about the book, buddying up with Nikki Sixx, how he got his start as an amateur photographer, and his early dream to be a garbage man. Special bonus: the Zloz’s speaking voice approaches the platonic ideal of “classic rock radio DJ.” Check it out here.

Brandon Bussolini
Web/Publicity Intern

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is almost back! The new season premieres Friday, October 2, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network.

Here’s what Starwars.com has to say about the new season:

Fierce battles, expanded storylines and ground-breaking animation raise the stakes in Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Rise of the Bounty Hunters. The lives of the Jedi become more complex as secret and forbidden relationships are revealed and a new breed of villain enters to take advantage of the wartime turmoil. Season two introduces these lawless rogues into the fray along with a host of new characters, locations and creatures. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Star Wars universe, The Clone Wars is bigger, bolder and more intense than ever before.

This summer at Comic-Con we launched two “Art of” Clone Wars books (one is a limited edition for diehard Star Wars fans).

Here’s the cover of the regular edition, The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars:

By Frank Parisi (an editor at Lucasfilm),Gary Scheppke (a design and continuity coordinator at Lucasfilm Animation), and with an introduction by Dave Filoni (the supervising director on Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars), it’s a beautifully illustrated book, and the only publication about the art and making of the The Clone Wars.

The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Limited Edition

The limited edition includes: a slipcase, 3 gatefolds, an envelope bound to end paper with 8 pieces of portfolio art, plus color photographs and illustrations throughout.

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When someone first showed me the app that turns your iPhone screen into a glass of beer that empties out as you “pour it” into your mouth, I was amazed. Nowadays there seems to be an app for all kinds of useless fun, creative endeavors, and even functional purposes.

Usually a functional app trades practicality for entertainment, but not the case with the MyPantone app. This app is a great tool for sampling colors using the built-in camera on the iPhone, but it also lets you play with developing color schemes and finding new hues. And you can save your color-nerd discoveries and share them with other color enthusiasts.

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